Week 34

                       Work in progress, black and white ink and brushes

Here we have my page for week 34.  I tried something different this week and used black indian ink and white ink.  I added  little drops of white to the indian black and liked getting lots of different tones from dark to light grey.  I left my saucer for you to see some of my mixing. Above is also my work in progress from yesterday. When I completed it today I also made a little chart of my colour mixing from dark to light.  It was interesting using just the two inks,  black and white, but a little hard on my eyes with three large feathers to paint with my fine sable brushes.  I am pleased with the results as I thought these feathers were so lovely and I wanted to capture them.
I have finished my quilt on Saturday, it felt good,  I will post a picture at the end. Whilst I was sewing the binding  I kept watching the sky,  as it started to build up with big rain clouds.  I changed into old clothes and shoes and went down to the shore at 6 o'clock.  It was very wet again after more heavy rainy days and nights during the week.   This rain water rushes down the hills and swells the rivers,  it eventually makes its way to the sea.   Although the tide had gone out,  the tidal river was full and fast flowing from these rain waters,  on their journey out to sea.  The waterlogged shore had so much water,   it was running in little waterfalls off  the banks  into the river.  Gullies are cut into the sand as it drains away.   I kept hearing loud splashes as huge chunks of the sand banks dropped into the water,  it reminded me of a programme I watched on the television where we listened to chunks of ice fall off a melting glacier and drop into the sea.  As  usual I collected my feathers and some seaweed and a shell.
The sky was getting darker and the clouds thicker.  I sat for a while on the limestone boulders and watched the rays peeping through the clouds.   It felt very atmospheric, with the dramatic changing sky.  My last photograph  captured the suns bright glow over the water,  it made me realise how lucky  I am to be able to experience this  place, and so I will share it with you too.  As I made my way home  it was getting much darker.   It  was a beautiful sunset,  red sky behind the huge dark clouds and a few hours later it was absolutely pouring down.

Hope you like my week 34.  Thank you for the really lovely comments, I enjoy reading them all.    Millyx